Re: new to link

[Guest guest]

Congratulations!!!! and welcome!!!

Alice hardestyal hardesty@...

new to link

Am new to this Gastric Bypass Family. I was surfing the different

WLS websites, found this one, it's great lots of information.. I had

gastric bypass on May 5th of 2003, it has saved/changed my life ..I

have spent the last 18 years being aleast 100 lbs overweight, like

most morbid obese pts I developed muliple health programs from heart

diease to diabetes before I finally decided to have the weight loss

surgery and start living again..was the best this I have ever done

for myself..I have lost 140 lbs in the last 11 months, I was one of

the lucky ones, no post op complications or major set backs.. I went

into surgery with the attitude that I needed give 100% of myself to

make this successful, and so far I have been successful .. Sure I

miss eating lots of things but find that for the first time in my

life I am making better eating choices...I think that the best thing

I did was surround myself with people who were going to give me

positive feedback and alround good support..it made a hugh

difference in my recovery and success.. I didn't want to be around

people who had negative thoughts about WLS..

I feel like I am finally living my life at 44 years of age..I

would like to talk with others who have gone thru this surgery..

[Guest guest]

welcome aboard jeff! & hats off for recapturing your quality of

life!

lori h.

23 grateful months post-op

> Am new to this Gastric Bypass Family. I was surfing the different

> WLS websites, found this one, it's great lots of information.. I

had

> gastric bypass on May 5th of 2003, it has saved/changed my

life ..I

> have spent the last 18 years being aleast 100 lbs overweight, like

> most morbid obese pts I developed muliple health programs from

heart

> diease to diabetes before I finally decided to have the weight

loss

> surgery and start living again..was the best this I have ever done

> for myself..I have lost 140 lbs in the last 11 months, I was one

of

> the lucky ones, no post op complications or major set backs.. I

went

> into surgery with the attitude that I needed give 100% of myself

to

> make this successful, and so far I have been successful .. Sure I

> miss eating lots of things but find that for the first time in my

> life I am making better eating choices...I think that the best

thing

> I did was surround myself with people who were going to give me

> positive feedback and alround good support..it made a hugh

> difference in my recovery and success.. I didn't want to be around

> people who had negative thoughts about WLS..

>

> I feel like I am finally living my life at 44 years of age..I

> would like to talk with others who have gone thru this

surgery..

[Guest guest]

A big Congrats to you!! Welcome ! I had my surgery 5/17/03 and have lost a

total of 132lbs in the past 11 mos. As well as became pregnant and have a 7

week old baby girl. I come to this site almost everyday and can barely begin to

tell you how encouraging and motivating it is to read what other people have

experienced as well as learn what I should/shouldn't be doing or taking. It

has been a tremendous help with my weight loss. I too feel that I am barely

beginning to live my life the way it was intended to be lived. So carefree and

able to move around, run after my toddler without getting out of breath and

having to stop and the best joy is when she wraps her arms around my leg. She

never would've been able to do that without the weight loss. I am so looking

forward to this warm weather when camping and trips to the amusement park will

be

planned without the hesitation. It's a whole new life. A wonderful new life,

like being born again! The other day I went shopping and didn't know where

to look for my sized clothes because I was so used to always having to shop in

the Women's section, I had no clue where the misses section was. That was a

great feeling as well as a little confusing.

Once again, Cograts to you!!! and Welcome!

lap 5/17/03

326/194/145(goal)